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Reality Check

"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination," John Lennon once said. Not anymore, thanks to virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality's (AR) power to shape the way the world appears. In this month's quiz, you can test how familiar you are with the nuts-and-bolts terms of these technologies that let you travel to the stars without ever leaving the room. By Charles Pappas

Choosing from the list of technologies, guess the blank areas in the text below and then click on them to see if you're right

Avatar

Cave

Field of View

Gaze-Activated Content

Ghost Story

Haptics

Hot Spot

Presence

1. An _____ is a representation of a person within a VR or AR world.

1. An avatar is a representation of a person within a VR or AR world.

2. _____ is the technology that simulates the sense of touch through a data glove or other
similar device.

2. Haptics is the technology that simulates the sense of touch through a data glove or other similar device.

3. Users can trigger _____ just by focusing on it with their eyes.

3. Users can trigger gaze-activated content just by focusing on it with their eyes.

4. A _____ is a large-scale virtual environment comprising several walls forming a room-sized cube.

4. A cave is a large-scale virtual environment comprising several walls forming a room-sized cube.

5. Also called the Swayze Effect, _____ refers to when a user is invisible to others in the artificial world and cannot affect the action unfolding in it.

5. Also called the Swayze Effect, Ghost Story refers to when a user is invisible to others in the artificial world and cannot affect the action unfolding in it.

6. Expressed as a range between 0 and 360 degrees, _____ is the total view that users have in a virtual environment.

6. Expressed as a range between 0 and 360 degrees, Field of View is the total view that users have in a virtual environment.

7. Often depicted as a glowing area, a _____ offers participants additional content or activities in AR and VR experiences.

7. Often depicted as a glowing area, a Hot Spot offers participants additional content or activities in AR and VR experiences.

8. When a person is immersed in a VR or AR world, he or she is said to feel ____, which is
the sense that the virtual environment has replaced the real world.

8. When a person is immersed in a VR or AR world, he or she is said to feel Presence, which is the sense that the virtual environment has replaced the real world.